Re: [Vala] Adding a GIOChannel to GMainLoop

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 10:17 -0500, Travis Watkins wrote:
> On 10/24/07, Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr> wrote:
> > but when called, it looks like "src" contains "cond", "cond" contains
> > "data" and "data" contains garbage.
> > Looking at the C code, the problem is that my callback is a method from
> > another object, so a "self" argument is inserted in the proto:
> >
> > gboolean ml_connect_data_received (MLConnect* self, GIOChannel* src, GIOCondition cond, gpointer data) {
> >         g_return_val_if_fail (IS_ML_CONNECT (self), FALSE);
> >         fprintf (stdout, "data received");
> > }
> >
> > Can I pass an object's method as a callback ? Looking at GIOFunc's
> > proto, the caller's "self" should probably be stored in "data" ...
>
> Try adding [InstanceLast] to the method like this:
>
> [InstanceLast] public bool data_recieved (IOChannel src, IOCondition cond)
>
> Notice the data argument is missing, that'll be filled in with the
> self argument.

Yes, thanks, that's what I've been told on IRC.
Apparently Vala has a solution to each problem, it's just not easy to
find :)

        Xav